Scoring-machine for trap-shooting.



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CLARENCE F. STEWART, OF NORWALK, OHIO.

SCORING-MACHINE FOR TRAP-SHOOTING.

Application filed January 26, 1909.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Serial No. 474,227.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE F. STEWART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norwalk, in the county of Huron and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Scoring-Machines for Trap- Shooting, of which the following is a specification.

As trap shooting by gun clubs is usually conducted, the contestants are divided into squads of five, and the shooting into events of ten, fifteen, twenty and twenty-five arti ficial birds to each member of a squad. The members of a squad in shooting, are placed at posts in rear of the trap, and the posts are at regular intervals of a segment of a circle, so that each post is at an equal distance from the trap. The posts are numbered from left to right and the members of the squad fire in succession from left to right, until onefifth of the number of shots of each member in the event, has been fired at a post. Then the members change to the next post to the right, except the member at number five post, who moves to number one post. The regular rotation in shooting, however, is maintained throughout the event. As the score of these events has heretofore been kept, a scorer is stationed at a distance of some forty or fifty feet in the rear of post number five, and as the referee, stationed behind the center post, calls out the result of each shot, as either a dead bird or lost bird, the scorer marks it up on the score sheet on the score board. Owing to the distance the scorer is from the referee, and to the scorer having his back turned to the referee and the shooters, he often fails to hear distinctly the referees decision, and frequent errors occur in the score from this cause, giving rise to disputes and dissatisfaction. Also by reason of the scorer being in the rear of and some distance away from the contestants, the members of the squad are unable to clearly see the score as registered until after the entire event has been shot, and frequently the score marks, by reason of the haste of the scorer, for a dead bird cannot be distinguished from those designating a lost bird and after the event, the scorer himself cannot determine what was intended.

The object of my invention is to provide a scoring machine that will obviate these objections to the present method, and whereby the scorer is enabled to be near the referee and facing the shooters, and to accurately register the score of each contestant, according to the decisions of the referee, and whereby each contestant is apprised as the score is registered of its correctness or incorrectness. I accomplish these objects by the construction, combination and cooperation of parts, as hereinafter described and illustrated in the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top or plan view of a scoring machine constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical, longitudinal section of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a broken away side elevation of the front end portion of the same. Fig. 4 is a front end elevation of the same with the guard plate removed. Fig. 5 is a similar view with the shift bar and guard plate removed, and illustrating operation of the locking mechanism, and Fig. 6 is a plan view of a score sheet adapted for use in my scoring machine.

In the drawings 1 designates an elongated, rectangular base, and 2, sides flush with the outer side and rear end edges of the base, and of less length than the base, leaving a front end table portion 3, projecting beyond the front ends of the sides. Rearward of their front ends, the sides 2 are cross connected by the plate 4, having the right angled end flanges 5, by which the plate is secured to the sides 2, and the parallel bottom flanges 6 and 6 1 at right angles to the lower portion of the p ate.

Lengthwise and central of the outer or front side of the plate 4 are provided the parallel and horizontal guide ribs 7 and 8 forming a latch groove 9, and transverse the groove and extending from near the top edge to near the flange 6 of the plate 4 are provided at regular intervals, a series of guide slots 10.

Secured to the tops of the sides, above the plate 4, is an angle bar 11, the outer edge of which is toward the front ends of the sides, and with the inner edge of the lower web flush with the inner side of the plate 4, the lower web forming an overhang of the plate 4.

Below the plate 4 there is secured to the base, a punch plate 13, and rearward of the punch plate, with the upper edges on a level with the top of the punch plate, are secured parallel to the top of the base 1, the ribs 14.

Rearward of the plate 4, and a suitable distance below the tops of the sides, there is mounted transverse the sides an arbor 15 ,upon which is pivotally mounted a series of levers 16. The levers 16 are preferably formed of flat bars of suitable width and length, and of a thickness to freely enter and move through the slots 10 of the plat-e 4, and are provided with the bearing thimbles 17, of a length on each side of the levers to form end bearings for each other when mounted on the arbor 15, and to hold the levers separated at the intervals of the slots 10 of the plate lChe front end portions of the levers 16, extend a suitable distance beyond the front 1' ace of the angle bar 11, and to their outer ends are secured handle or key extensions l8, by

which the levers I are moved downward through the slots 10. lhe opposite end portions of tile levers 16 extend rearward of the arbor a suitable distance, and rearward and above the rear ends of the levers there is journaled in suitable bearings, arocli shaft 19, having rock arms 20 extending forward and cross connected by a bar 21 which extends over and rests upon the rear end portions of the levers 16. fit one end portion of the reel: shaft is lixedly mounted a rock arm 22, which extends downward at an angle to the rock arms 2%), and which is adapted to be moved forward when the b r 21 is moved upward by the levers 16. The end of the rock arm 22 is connected by a linl: to a trip gong door hell 2%, which is suitably secured to a side 2, above the base 1, and rearward of the reel; shaft 19. The relative lengths of the reel: arms 0 and 22 are so adjusted that when either of the levers 16 are moved through the full lengths of the slots 10 from top to bottom, the hammer of the bell will be drawn backward and re leased to strike the bell at the limit of the downward movement of the lever.

Through the flanges 6 and 6 of the plate 4, opposite each one of the slots 16, are pro vided alined guide bores in each of which is movably mounted a punch 25, rods of suitable diameter and lengt 1 provided with heads 26 at their upper ends and being provided at their lower ends with needle points extending a short distance beyond a cone shaped end bevel. Between the heads 26 of the punches and th llange 6 of the plate l, there is mounted on each punch, a helical spring 27, which normally rolls the punch raised with its head in engagement with the under edge of the lever 16, extending through the adjacent slot 16, and when the punch is depressed and released the spring returns the punch to its normal raised position, and when the lever which engages the punch is depressed and released, the spring of the punch raises the lever to the normal raised position of its handle or key position.

Central of the latch groove 9, between each pair of slots 10, are provided the horizontal slots 28 and in the latch groove 9 at the left of each slot 10, beginning with the right hand. slot there is movably mounted a latch plate 29, which is of a length to extend from flush with the right hand slot 10 across the next slot 10, and each latch plate is provided with a central bore, t lrough which and the slot 28, is extended from the rear face of the plate 4, a stud bolt 30, which has a reduced and threaded end portion to receive a retaining nut 31. The slots 28 are of a length to allow the latch plates 29 to move in ither direction to extend the latch plates across slot 16 in the path of the lever in that slot and lock it against downward movemo t.

Below each latch plate there is secured i the plate l, a pivot stud 32, upon which pivotally mounted a flat lever 33, the upper and shorter arm of which is i provided with an incut 34 to form a fnger 35, to engage one side of the stud bolt 30 of the adjacent latch plate. Secured to the opposite end portion of th lever is a spring 36, which extends along the edge of tne lever from the lower end past the incut 3 1, and opposit" the finger 35, and forms therewith a spring yoke which engages the stud 30 and operates to throw the latch in either direction as hereinafter desc ihed.

In the front web of the angle bar 11 above and in a line parallel with and directly in front of each slot 16 of the plate 4, there is secured a pivot stud 37, upon each of which is cccentrically pivoted one end of a latch lever 38, which extendspendently therefrom at an angle to the right of the lever 16 of the slot 10 below, and is provided with a face 39 to engage the adjacent lever 16 when in its normal raised position, and below the face 39, the latch lever 38 is reduced in width to form a lock ledge 40, which when the lever 16 is pushed down past the face 39, permits the lever 38 to move toward the lever 16, and bring the ledge iii directly above and the path of movement of the lever 16, an lock it against return to its normal raised position. The lower end por ion of each latch lever 38 is connected by linlt 41, with the lower end portion of the next adjacent lever 38 toward the left, whereby when the lever 16 with which the latch lever 38 is engaged is in its normal raise cl position, the latch lever 38 normally holds the lever 33 in position wherein it has moved the latch plate 29 to the left to uncover the slot 10 of the first lever 16 and leave it free to is moved downward in its slot 10, and to project the opposite end portion of the latch plate 29 across the next adjacent slot 10 below the next adjacent lever 16 and lock it against downward movement. Each latch lever 38 is actuated to move toward its companion lever 16 by a spring 42, which holds the former compressed against the latter.

The slot 10 for the first lever 16 of the series, it is manifest, when all the levers 16 are in their normal raised position, will be open and free for the depression of the lever downward through the slot. l Vhen the first lever 16 of the series has been depressed past the face 39 of the latch lever 38, the latter is moved by its spring 42 to carry its ledge across and above the lever, and also moves the lever 33 to throw the adjacent latch plate 29 to the right across the same slot 10, the upper right hand corner portion of each latch plate 29 being cut away to allow it to pass under the lower portion of the lever 16 when in such lowe ed position, whereby the first lever 16 is locked from being moved either up or down in the slot, and the slot 10 of the seeond lever 16 of the series is uncovered by the movement of the first latch plate of the series, and the second lever 16 may then be pressed downward, and when it has passed. the face 39 of its companion lever 38, the latter will be moved by spring l2 to lock the second lever 16 from upward movement, and at the same time actuate the second lever 33 to throw the second latch plate 29 across the second slot 10, and lock the second lever 16 from downward movement and unlock the third lever or" the series, and so on in like manner, the levers 1.6 may be moved downward in succession and locked aga'nst up ward and downward movement. 1 order to provide for the further downward movement of the levers 1.6 to the lower ends oi' the slots 10 and release the bell hammer, each lever as is provided with a gravity dog 43, wnich is movably secured to the outer face of the lever llush with face 39, by a said screw 44 extending through a slot in the upper end portion of the dog, whereby the dog by gravity ext "ids a short distance below the ledge 40. re dog is held flush with the face. 39 by a guide lug 4-6 integral with the lever 38. To depress a lever 16 without ringing the hell, it depressed a distance below the ledge 40 until the lower end of the dog is above the upper edge of the lever 15, when the spring 42 moves the latch lever 38 to throw the dog above the lever, and it the released the lever is then u 2'7 carrying with it the dog, until the lever 5 engages the ledge iO-oi' the latch lever 38 in which position it is past the latch plate 29 l h is then thrown to the rigat underneat. the lever 16, by the latch lever actuated by the spring 42. If, however, the lever 16 be pressed down until it has passed the dog 413 of the latch lever 38, the lower portion of the lever has passed below the top of the latch plate 29, and prevents the latch plate from being thrown by the levers and 33, and the lever 16 is free to be moved her downward until the bell is sounded. "he lever 16 being then released, the spring 7 raises the lever to engagement with the dog a3, which is raised by the lever until the lever en' ages l l l ial the ledge 40 of the latch 38, in which position the lever 16 has passed above the latch plate 29, which being released by the lever 1.6, is then throvm by the levers 38 and 33, under the pressure oi the spring 42, underneath the lever 16 which completes its loeki" g against movement, either upward or downward.

in the punch plate 15, in line with the punches 25 are urovided bores 25 to receive the point portions of the punches as they are forced downward by the lever 16, and rearward from eaen bore 25 to the rear side of the punch plate provided therein the grooves 25, and above the punch plate in rear of the cores 25 47, whieh is secured at its ends to the sides 2.

Between the front of the punch block and the front end of the sides 2 there is journaled in alined bearings in the sides an arbor 48, upon which is mounted a pair of toothed wheels 19, located on the arbor, one near each side 2, and upon an extension of the arbor, from the left side 2 is mounted a ratchet wheel 50, and an operating lever 51, having a ratchet pawl 52 pivoted thereto and adapted. as the lever is raised to turn the lower part of the wneels d9 rearward. The lever 51 is provided with a stop guard 51. which is secured to the adjacent side 2 and adapted to limit the throw of the lever.

Below the arbor 45 and parallel therewith, and below the level of the top of the punch plate is iournaled, in the arms 53 of a key bar 54, a platen 55. The arms 53 extend rearward of the platen and are pivoted at their inner ends to the sides 2, and permit the platen 55 to be raised until the platen engages the teeth of the wheels 49, and to com-- press the platen 55 against the wheels d9, there is provided in the base 1 beneath the arms 53 the springs 55 which yieldingly hold the roller compressed against the Wheels. The arms 53 are secured to the key bar 54:, and extend at right angles thereto, over the table extension of the base 1, and the hey bar 54 extends beyond the front end of the base 1, whereby the arms 53 may be depressed by the hey bar to lower the platen 54 below the wheels the table extension 3 being beveled oii from the punch plate toward the front, as shown in Fig. 2, to permit such depression.

Below the lower ends of the latch lever 38 there is mounted in suitable slide be rings in the sides 2, a horizontally and longitudinally movable shift bar 57, having pins 58 projecting upward therefrom, adapted, when moved toward the right to simultaneously engage the lower end portion of each latch lever 38, when all of the levers 16 have been pushed downward and are locked in their secondary position against upward movement by the ledges 40 of the lever 38, as shown Fig. 5 or the two levers 38 the right side of the figure.

is provided a guide plate this movement of Upon an extension of the shift bar 57 which projects over the lever 51 that operates the ratchet wheel 50, there is provided an incline 59 which. is engaged by a complementary incline formed on the lever 51, whereby as the lever is raised to turn the feed wheels 49, the shift bar is moved to the right, by which movement the pins 58 are brought into engagement with the latch levers 38, and shift them all simultaneously to the right, whereby the ledges 40 are simultaneously drawn from over the levers 16, and the levers being released, the springs 27 raise the levers 16 to their normal raised position, as shown in Fig. 4, and at the same time the levers 33 shift all the latch plates 29 to the left and lock all the levers 16 except number one on the right against downward movement. In the shift bar the spring fingers of the latch levers 33 yield to permit the movement of the levers 38 and 33 without moving the latch plates while the levers 16 are passing the latch plates. As soon as the levers 16 have passed above the latch plates the spring fingers 36 move the latch plates to the left and lock the levers. To return the shift bar to its normal position there is provided a spring 57 which is secured to a side 2 in position to be flexed by the movement of the shift bar to the right by the lever 51, and when the shift bar is released by the return of the lever 51 to its normal position, the spring 57 returns the shift bar.

Upon the front end table portion 3 of the base 1 between the arms 53 of the key bar 54 is secured a plate 59', the top of which is on a level with the top of the punch plate 13, which forms therewith and the ribs 14 a latform for supporting a score sheet 60. A ong the sides 2 are provided the guide strips 61 between which and the arms 53 is inserted, from the front, the score sheet 60, which, the platen 55 being lowered,is pushed back between the platen and the feed wheels. The score sheet 60 is formed of cardboard of suitable length and of a width to extend between and engage the guide strips 61 and the arms 53, and is provided with a pair of longitudi nal lines below each punch 25, forming a lengthwise space of the score sheet for each punch, and transverse the sheet at regular intervals are cross lines dividing the lengthwise spaces into a number of spaces, preferably one more than the number of shots to be fired by each contestant in an event, as shown in Fig. 6, wherein the numerals 1 to 5 inclusive at the end of the sheet between the longitudinal lines designate the handles or keys of the register from right to left, and the numerals 0 to .15 between the cross lines indicate the number of rounds plus one, of an event of fifteen rounds. At the front end of the score sheet are cross lines forming a total space, for entering the totals of each member of the squad, and in the remaining spaces at the front end of the sheet between the longi tudinal lines, are written the respective names of the members of the squad. The cross lines are at intervals equal to the distance which a throw of the ratchet lever 51 moves the score sheet inward, and to insure the score sheet being inserted the pro er distance to receive the punches 25 centra of the Zero line of cross spaces, an indicator 62 is secured to the right side 2 near the base, which extends over the score sheet, and the score sheet is provided with a starting line 63,-as shown in Fig. 6,which indicates the distance the score sheet is to be inserted in the machine to bring the Zero cross spaces of the sheet below the punches. The score sheet 60, is also provided with the marginal marks 64 at intervals, which, when the indicator 62 registers therewith, indicate the time when the members of the squad are to change their positions at the posts as hereinbefore described, and the line 64 indicates, when registered with the indicator, the last round of the event.

The front end portion of each lever 16 is provided with a depressing lever or handle 18, which is preferably rectangular oblong, and box-shaped, with a top, sides and an outer end, and open at the bottom, and is made adapted at the inner end to be secured to the outer end portion of the lever 16 in any suitable manner, to form an extension of the lever.

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above the feed wheels 418, there is secured to i and extended between the sides, a bar 66, upon which is mounted in the path of movement of the inner end portions of the keys or handles 18, a stop post 66 for each lever 16, and in the top of each key 18 is provided a slot or orifice 67, through which the corresponding post 66 may project when the ke is depressed far enough to operate the bell.

In each handle or key 13, parallel with its outer end 68, is provided a partition 69, and

through the partition and end are provided alined bores, in which are mounted a push rod 70, which extends through and is secured to one side of a plate 71, that is adapted to cover and close the slot 67 in the top of the handle. The orifice in the outer end of each handle 13 is enlarged, and there is projected through the orifice the push button 71, having a stop flange on the inside of the handle. The push button is mounted on the outer end portion of the push rod 70, and between the flange of the push button and the partition 69 there is mounted on the push rod a helical spring 72 which normally holds the push button projecting from the end of the handle, and the plate 71 covering the slot 67 of the handle. Thus constructed, when the handle of the lever 16 is depressed far enough to allow it to pass below the dog of the adjacent latch lever 38, the plate 71 the rear of the trap engages the top of the stop post 66, and prevents the lever 16 from being pushed farther downward to ring the bell, but if it is desired to ring the bell, the operator, by pushing the button with his thumb, pushes the plate beyond the slot 67 of the key, and the may then be pushed downward until the bell rings.

To the front end portions of the sides 2 and to the angle bar 11, is secured a detachable plate 75,-located as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3,for inclosing the latching mechanism. The plate 7 5 is provided with slots corresponding to the slots 10 of the plate 1, through which extend the outer end portions of the operating levers 16, and to the top of the sides 2 are detachably secured the cover plate 7 1.

Thus constructed, the operation of the machine in scoring an event of a shooting match is as follows: The scorer, with his machine, is placed near the referee, with the referee facing the rear of the line of contestants and from which artificial birds are thrown. The scorer first depressing the bar 5 1, inserts a blank score sheet 60 between the platen and the feed wheels 48, and pushes it back over the punch plate until the starting line 63 is registered with the indicator 62. He then releases the key bar 54, and the springs of the platen press the score sheet against the wheels 48. He then raises the ratchet lever 51 through a full stroke, whereby the feed wheels 19 move the score sheet rearward one space and bring the number one score spaces beneath the punches 25. In operating the ratchet lever 51, if the scoring levers 16 have been left locked in their secondary depressed position, the movement releases them and they assume their normal positions and the machine is in readiness for scoring. The members of the squad having been assigned to their respective positions at the posts, the man at No. 1 post fires the first shot, and if the referee announces dead bird the scorer depresses No. 1 key on the right (which is the only key not locked as hereinbefore described), until it engages the stop post 66 and then releases the lever. If instead, the referee announces lost bird the scorer depresses the key to the post, and then pressing the push button 71, he pushes the key farther downward to the end ofits stroke, which rings the bell. In depressing the key to the post, the punch 2-5 operated by that key, drives only the needle point through No. 1 score space of No. 1 of the squad, and if the referees announcement was dead bird the key is then released, and is automatically raised to its secondary locked position, and the dead bird has been scored by the prick punch of the needle in the score sheet. But if the an nouncement of the referee was lost bird the scorer in further depressing the key and lever ringing the bell, pushes the blunt end of the punch through the score sheet, thereby registering the lost bird in the score sheet by a large perforation, and is clearly distinguished from a perforation of the needle point. VThen the key is released after ringing the bell and perforating the score sheet, the lever 16 is automatically raised to its secondary locked position by the spring of the punch. The plate 417, as the punch is withdrawn from the score sheet, prevents the sheet from being raised by the punch. In like manner, the scorer records on the score sheet the announcement of the referee after each shot, the contestants being all apprised by the ringing of the bell after any one shot, that a lost bird has been scored against the man who has fired the last shot, which gives opportunity to him to protest, if he believes tho referees decision to be wrong, or if the scorer has incorrectly registered the announcement of the referee, and if the scoring of a lost bird. is decided by the referee to have been an error, the referee indicates on the score by a pencil or other mark in the space in which the erroneous punch has been made, his correction of the same. In like manner, if after any shot fired, the bell does not ring, the contestants will understand that the shot has been registered as a dead bird and any one of the contestants may protest the decision of the referee, and if found to have been either an error of the referee or the scorer, in like manner may have the error noted in the proper space upon the score sheet by the referee. The contestants will continue to shoot,in succession from left to right,-at the posts originally assigned to them until each mem ber of the squad has fired one-fifth of the entire number of his shots in the event, which will be indicated by the indicator 62 registering on the score sheet with the first of the marginal lines 64. The scorer then calls out move, and each of the first four members of the squad moves to the neXt post to his right and the man at the last post on the right changes to No. 1 post on the left. The order of firing, however, is not changed by changes of position, the members of the squad continuing to lire in rotation from the beginning of the event to the end, without reference to change of position, whereby the same key of the machine records the score of the contestants throughout the event, at the end of which the score sheet will show in pin punctures the dead birds and in the large perforations of the body of the punch the lost birds of each contestant in the event. The score sheet is then withdrawn by depressing the key bar 54 and pulling the score sheet out of the front of the machine. The totals of the dead birds of each contestant are then entered scorer, and verified by the referee, and being signed by both the scorer and the referee, the record then becomes ofiicial and not subject to change or correction.

A. scoring machine constructed and oper ating as shown and described, by reason of the impossibility of operating the scoring keys except in a fixed order, is adapted to score each shot of an event immediately thereafter, and at the same time apprise the contestants of the correctness or incorrectness of each score, it hereby erroneous scores, arising either from mistakes of the scorer or the referee may be then and there protested as such, and if found to be errors, then and at the time corrected. So also by reason of the scorer being in a position where he can see the contestants, he is able to prevent errors arising from the contestants shooting out of turn, by calling the referees attention thereto, and leaving the shot unscorcd until the order of shooting is restored and until it may be scored by the key representing the shooter.

Vs hat I claim to be new is- 1. In a scoring machine for trap shooting, a table, a score sheet movably secured on the table, means to intermittently and uniformly move the score sheet along the table, a series of punches movably supported above the table, each punch. iaving its lower end adapted to perforate the score sheet, and means to consecutively and independently move the )unches to perforate the score sheet, and lock all the other punches of the series from movement, except cons cutively in a fixed order of sequence, substantially as set forth.

2. In a scoring machine for trap shooting, a table, a score sheet movably secured on the table, means to intermittently and uniformly move the score sheet along the table, a series of punches movably supported above the table, each punch having its lower end adapted to differentially perforate the score sheet according to the distance of its downward movement, and means to consecutively and independently move the Junches to perforate the score sheet, and fock all. the other punches of the series from movement, except consecutively in a fixed order of sequence, substantially as set forth.

3. In a scoring machine for trap shooting, a table, a score sheet movably secured on the table, means to intermittently move the score sheet along the table, a series of punches movably supported above the table, each punch having its lower end adapted to differentially perforate the score sheet according to the distance of its downward movement, means to consecutively and in dependently move the punches to perforate the score sheet, and look all. the other punches of the series from movement, we cept consecutively in a fixed order of sequence, an annunciator, and means connect l l I l l l g r l l l 1 I l l l i l l ing the annunciator with the punch open ating means, whereby, when any punch of the series is depressed a predetermined distance the annunciator is sounded, substantially as set forth.

4. In a scoring machine for trap shooting, a table, a score sheet movably secured to the table, a series of markers, each movable to and from the score sheet, and each adapted to make a designating mark there-- on, means to separately move the marker, means to automatically limit the movement of the markers to a f xed order of sequence, and means to intermittently and uniformly change the positions of the score sheet relative to tne markers.

5. In a scoring machine for trap shooting, a table, a score sheet movably secured to the table, a series of markers, each movable to and from the score sheet and adapted to be moved a short and a longer distance to make a different designating mark thereon for each c istance, an annunciator, and means to consecutively operate the marker and to automatically sound the annunciator whenever any marker is moved the longer distance.

6. In a scoring machine for trap shooting, the combination of a air of upwardly and downwardly movable levers, upper and lower stops for the levers, an upwardly and down wardly movable punch engaging each lever, springs adapted to normally and yieldingly hold each lever raised to the upper stop, and to raise the levers and the punches when the levers are depressed and released a latch plate movable to lock either lever against downward movement, and normally locking one lever against downward movement from the upper stop, a throw lever engaging the latch plate and adapted to throw the latch plate to unlock either punch lever, and lock the other against downward movement, a spring pressed latch lever engaging one punch lever, and adapted when the engaged punch lever is depressed and released to lock it in a position intermediate the steps against upward movement, said latch lever being linked to the throw lever, and adapted in moving to lock the depressed lever to actuate the throw lever to move the latch plate to also look the depressed lever against downward movement, and to unlock the other punch lever.

7. In a scoring machine for trap shooting, a table, a score sheet movably secured on the table, means to intermittently move the score sheet along the table, a series of punches movably supported above and across the table, each punch having its lower end conically reduced and provided with a needle point extension in axial alinement with the punch, and each punch being independently movable downward a distance to perforate the score sheet with the needle point, and a further distance to perforate the score sheet depress it an intermediate 1 distance to perforate the score sheet with the 1 needle point, and a predetermined greater distance to perforate the score sheet with the reduced lower end portion of the punch, a spring for each punch, adapted to raise the punch and its lever when the punch is depressed by the lever and the lever is released, a bell, means connecting the bell with each lever, and adapted,when any punch is depressed by its lever to perforate the score sheet with the conically reduced end portion of the punch,to ring the bell simultaneously with such perforation, and at no other time, upper and lower stops for the upward and downward movement of the levers, means to automatically look all the levers excepting the first of the series when the levers are raised in their upper stops, to automatically lock the unlocked lever at a position intermediate the stops when depressed and released, and simultaneously to unlock the next succeeding lever of the series, and in succession to lock each unlocked lever in like intermediate position as the first, when depressed and released, and unlock each next succeeding lever of the series, until all the levers of the series, in consecutive order, from the first to the last, have been unlocked, depressed, released, and locked again in intermediate p osition.

8. In a scoring machine for trap shooting, the combination of a table, side supports mounted on the table, an arbor journaled in the side supports across and over the table, toothed feed wheels mounted on the arbor between the sides, a platen, upwardly and downwardly movable bearings journaling the platen parallel with and below the arbor, springs for the platen bearings, adapted to normally hold the platen engaging the feed wheels, means to depress the platen bearings, a score sheet adapted to be interposed between the platen and the feed wheels, and means to intermittently rotate the arbor and therewith the feed wheels a fixed fractional part of a revolution, and thereby advance the score sheet a predetermined distance along the table.

9. In a scoring machine for trap shooting, the combination with a series of punches, a series of levers adapted to operate the ninches, a series of springs adapted to normally hold the punches and their operating levers normally raised, a series of locking latches for the operating levers, and a series of locking levers operating as set forth to move the locking latches to consecutively lock all the operating levers in a lower position, of a shift bar having means to simultaneously engage the locking levers, and means to move the shift bar, and thereby the locking levers to simultaneously release all the operating levers and move all the latches to lock all. the operating levers excepting one in their normal raised positions.

1.0. In a scoring machine for trap shooting, a punch operating lever, a spring adapted to yieldingly hold the lever normally raised, a spring pressed latching le er hava face enge a side of the operating lever and a ledge below the face adapted when the operating lever is moved downward past the face to allow the locking lever to move forward, and bring the ledge above the operating lever, a latch plate, a throw lever engaging the latch plate, and adapted to move the latch plate to lock or unlock the punch operating lever, said latch lever being link connected to the locking lever and adapted to be operated thereby to move the latch plate oppositely to the movement of the latch lever, and a dog movably secured to the latch lever, and pcndently extending beside the punch operating lever below the ledge of the latch lever, and operating as set forth to prevent the locking of the punch lever in passing downward beyond the ledge.

ll. In a scoring machine for trap shooting, the combination of a table, a punch movable upwardly and downwardly from and to the table, a lever engaging the punch and adapted to depress the lever, steps above and below the lever limiting its upward and downward movement, a spring adapted to yieldingly hold the lever normally raised to its upper stop, and to raise the lever and the punch when the lever has been depressed and released, a handle for the lever having an orifice and a movable plate normally covering the orifice, a stop post interposed in the path of movement of the handle of the lever, and adapted to to be en gaged by the movable plate as the handle is depressed and prevent its further downward movement, means in the handle to move the plate out of engagement with the post and permit further downward movement of the lever to its lower stop, substantially as set forth.

12. The combination of the arbor 48 having the feed wheels 49 and the ratchet wheel 50; the spring pressed key bar 54 having the platen 55; the shift bar 57 having the pins and the incline 59; and the ratchet lever 51 having a pawl 52 engaging the ratchet wheel 50; the stop guard 51 and an incline portion engaging the incline of the shift bar, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

13. In a scoring machine for trap shooting, a table, an indicator for the table, a series of markers above the table and movable down ward an d upward, a score sheet mounted and movable on the table under the markers, said score sheet having a series of longitudinally lined spaces, one under each marker and cross lined to divide the longitudinal spaces each into an equal number and size of spaces,

and a gage line adapted to be brought into i ing her, comprising an. integral finger end a register with the indicator, and means to spring finger, operating substantially as set intermittently move the score sheet along forth.

the table a distance equal to the uniform dis- In witness whereof I have hereunto set my tance between the cross lines, substantially hand this 15th day of January, 1909.

as set forth. m e

v 1 W V r 14. In a locking mechanism for scormg CLAREDKE STE mechlnes, the conibinatlon with a locking In presence ofber, of a throw lever for the loekmg bar, hev- MARK Vv INcHEsTER,

10 ing a yoke at one end for throwing the look M. S. SMITH. 

